Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Hey guys! Today I have another Halloween tutorial to share with you. I wanted to do a look this year that could be created versus store-bought since a lot of us think of costumes at the last minute and don't want to be the same thing as everyone else. You guys know I love doing cute and realistic versions of animal makeup so I thought it would be super fun to make-up like Bambi put my "buck" on a deer tutorial. (Oh lawdy, the puns!)

In case you are looking for a DIY costume, here is my interpretation of deer makeup. Check out the video & more pics below.

And here is my final look. As you can see, a lot of the contouring and basic shapes were inspired by the actual creature. Pretty easy to make this one a "cute" look when the original animal is so adorable to begin with. :)

This headband was a DIY project I came up with by combining a decorative garland with a headband using suede ribbon. I then used felt to create the ears. I braided a few strands of hair as well and used it to create a faux headband which seemed appropriately natural-boho for the earthy costume.

Time to party and have fawn!

Hope you enjoyed this animal-inspired tutorial. Let me know if you try out this makeup for Halloween and link me any photos you take to my Twitter or Facebook pages. I absolutely love seeing when others test out my tutorials in real life!

In case anyone is planning on being a vampire this year, I'm squeezing in one last tutorial before Halloween. Check back in the next couple of days to see it. :)

Readers, have you ever been an animal for Halloween? If so, what animal? What do you plan on going as for Halloween this year? Let me know in the comments!

this is by far the best halloween costume tutorial I have come across so far! I love it :) I was thinking about being a fox this year but you have definitely inspired me to reconsider that decision haha!

This is sooo pretty! I love how "life like" the doe characteristics are, it's not at all cheesy! You should be on Face Off Jen! XD (I'm obsessed with that show!) I especially love how whimsical those paper falsies are! ^__^ Who said Halloween couldn't be pretty? ^__^b

It's awesome. Really cute look ♥ The headband is also very pretty!! I remember your fox tutorial from last year! I celebrated last years halloweens but this year I won't because I'm expecting a baby in the next days and won't have time for celebrating this years HW. ^.^Greetings ♥

Maybe I'll do a DIY tutorial on the headband sometime? I used suede lacing and wrapped the garland around the headband, then tied it off and hot glued it down to make sure it was secure. I tried fabric glue as well, but hot glue is just so much quicker and easier to work with in my opinion!